Disability Claims and Cauda Equina Medical Negligence
If you or a loved one have been left with severe disability following negligent medical care of cauda equina compression, you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. Speak to a legal specialist.
Negligent CES care and disability
Timely and competent care of cauda equina compression is absolutely crucial. Any medical failure which causes a delay in diagnosis and surgery could lead to disability which the patient may well have avoided with an appropriate level of care.
Cauda equina compression has the potential to cause incontinence of both bladder and bowel as well as sexual dysfunction and loss of mobility.
Once compression of the cauda equina nerves at the base of the spine has commenced, a prompt diagnosis is essential to a good outcome. The more time that passes before a correct diagnosis is achieved, the more time there is for the compression of the nerves to worsen, leading to greater potential lower body disability.
Examples of negligent care
Negligent medical care can occur in primary and secondary care in a variety of ways affecting the diagnosis process:
- A failure of recognition of the possible symptoms of lower back and leg pain with altered saddle sensation or altered urinary function
- A failure to carry out an examination and tests
- A failure to make an appropriate referral for an MRI scan
- A failure to provide red flag warnings of further symptoms and the need to attend hospital should these develop
- A delay in undertaking surgery
Claiming compensation for disability
An individual who is suffering disability due to medical negligence is entitled to make a claim for compensation. A successful claim would incorporate the financial impact of the disability in so far as it has been caused by the negligent medical care.
For example, if a person is suffering symptoms which restrict their ability to work and those symptoms are found to have been caused by medical negligence, the consequent loss of income would be included in a claim.
Likewise, if an individual was no longer able to function safely in their own home without significant alterations, those financial costs could be addressed within a compensation claim.
Speak to a legal specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive expertise in cauda equina syndrome claims.
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